On the Self: Discourses of Mental Health and Education

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Allan, Julie (Author), Harwood, Valerie (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:XIII, 325 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2022.
Edition:1st ed. 2022.
Series:The Language of Mental Health,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10996-6
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: the psy-self.-Part one: Tell me my self
  • Chapter 2. Making strange the history of psychological discourses of the self in education
  • Chapter 3. Schooling the (achieving) self
  • Chapter 4. Mental disorder in school and the damaged self
  • Chapter 5. Wellbeing and happiness
  • Part two: Counter-narratives of the self
  • Chapter 6. The pleasure(s) of the self
  • Chapter 7. The capable self
  • Chapter 8. Re-presenting the self
  • Chapter 9. Politicising the self
  • Chapter 10. Performing the self: counter-narratives in everyday life.